Racism is Real

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Reply #30 - May 24, 2015, 10:58 AM

Quote from: zeca on May 23, 2015, 07:10 PM
An interesting article here about Afro-Iranians: http://ajammc.com/2012/06/20/the-afro-iranian-community-beyond-haji-firuz-blackface-slavery-bandari-music/

Thanks Zeca, it may have been them, but it might have also been the arab settlers which i think make up a small percentage of that country, i shall check it out.
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Reply #31 - May 24, 2015, 01:05 PM

Keep in mind race in antiquity was far more centered on culture than skin colour. However just as it is today it is based on xenophobia, ethnic inferiority/superiority and culture. It is these type of environments which isolate a group or groups from the larger culture thus setting the stage for racism.
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Reply #32 - May 24, 2015, 03:13 PM

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Keep in mind race in antiquity was far more centered on culture than skin colour. However just as it is today it is based on xenophobia, ethnic inferiority/superiority and culture. It is these type of environments which isolate a group or groups from the larger culture thus setting the stage for racism.

This is why have a degree of sympathy for those who opine that islamaphobia is akin to racism. Islam is not a race but people will use aspects of Islam that the majority do not practise and use that as the defining feature of a vast, majority of people who are no more peaceful nor aggressive than their non-Muslim counterparts.

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